The new generation of "O/O's"

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by OscarGoldman, Feb 18, 2023.

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  1. Last Call

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    IDK if either of us are 100% correct ..lol .. All I know is my opinion won't change a thing and it sure isn't worth a debate..lol
     
    Last Call, Feb 19, 2023
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    The failure rate of dimwitted think they know everything Gen Y's and Gen Z's is a 100x times higher sugarbritches...

     
    OscarGoldman, Feb 19, 2023
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    Is there a correlation to Xbox gaming? I need to know who is right.
     
    Jubal Early Times, Feb 19, 2023
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    I like e-books... I can make the letters bigger!

     
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    Trucking isn't instant gratification, which is what these Gen Y's and Gen Z's desperately need.

     
    OscarGoldman, Feb 19, 2023
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    He did make a lot of mistakes. He could have just run up and down I-5 and do ok.
     
    OscarGoldman, Feb 19, 2023
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    Is that why so many want to go straight to O/O or L/P?
     
    ducnut, Feb 19, 2023
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    Offended. WhT about Gen x?
     
    Dave_in_AZ, Feb 19, 2023
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    My generation and all generations after that, if your parents instilled work ethic in you it really doesn't matter when you were born. I am 59 and my oldest grandkid is 21. When they come over to my house they push me away from work. They say sit down grampa we got this.
     
    Old_n_gray, Feb 19, 2023
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    Well the reasons he was failing at the basics is this fact, he spent too much time gaming and not enough time sleeping or working on the business. Now he wanted it back, which he got ripped into for having it in the first place, taking too much time to 'relax' wasn't how he would make it.

    He didn't want the laptop back or the iPad, I offered them but he insisted that he would return to pay me back, I told him he wouldn't so let's see.

    I have a few drivers who were told ditch the gaming crap and focus on the work, and a few turned into former drivers. I had one that was so tired the cops actually took him to the hospital after he passed out and putting the truck into a ditch. He was so exhausted, that he was admitted for dehydration and fatigue. I found out he did some gaming tournament and stayed up for 48 hours straight, which was amazing in itself but he had a load to pick up on the Monday at 9 am which was two hours away. He made it out the truck stop was making a left, he passed out and went right into the ditch.

    So no more of that driver in my truck - it was mutual parting.
     
    Ridgeline, Feb 19, 2023
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